Want To Know How Much Expectations Have Been Raised at MSU?

[War Machine Dawg]

Just finished listening to the B&B Show this morning where the main topic of the show was grading out each individual position unit.

The interesting part of this is that our defense has gone from 110 nationally to currently 8th but both Sammon and Hadad gave each individual unit on defense a C grade.

It has become clear that MSU fans have evolved from comparing our team to competitive, bowl teams to comparing our team vs what we need to win a natty.

It's an interesting transformation that has happened before our eyes.

Proceed with caution though because until Saban leaves Bama, competing for a natty is a virtually unattainable goal.

I think it may partially be us saying "what do we need to win a natty" but I think it is moreso asking ourselves "how can we be a legit contender in the current SEC landscape?" We all accept that Bama is a semipro team under Saban and that virtually no one is catching them. But we're asking how do we break through the glass ceiling to be the 2nd or 3rd best team in the conference. By default, that means what do we need to be a playoff threat/NYD6 team.